Sidney Harman

摘要

In an ideal life one wouldn't have to choose between the pursuit of wealth and the pursuit of knowledge. By that standard and many others, Sidney Har-man-the scientist, stereo mogul, Under Secretary of Commerce, professor, philanthropist, and magazine publisher who died on Apr. 14-lived ideally. Born in Montreal, Harman grew up in New York, where his father worked at a hearing-aid company. He graduated from City College in 1939 with a degree in physics and found an engineering job at a loudspeaker company where his boss was a man named Bernard Kardon. In 1953 each kicked in $5,000 to make the first integrated hi-fi receiver, the Festival D1000.